Crinoid

A well preserved, rare Scyphocrinites elegans crinoid holdfast. The Scyphocrinites crinoids were floating crinoids and their holdfast was actually an air bladder that supported multiple stems and calyx. This holdfast is bulbous with a great amount of detail. These crinoids make fantastic display pieces. An excellent rare holdfast specimen. 

Moroccan Silurian crinoids - Unlike today's sea lilies which resemble flowers fastened to the seafloor which are crowned with a pinwheel of frilled arms. The Scyphocrinites crinoid was a floating variety which was attached to a holdfast air bladder that supported multiple stems and calyx ("flower"). 

Name: Scyphocrinites elegans

Age: Upper Silurian (420 MMYA)

Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco